Demand Planning & Consensus Forecasting Global Process Director (EXPIRED)

Site Name: UK - London - Brentford, Belgium-WavrePosted Date: Feb 5 2024Demand Planning & Consensus Forecasting Global Process Director GSK's success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged, and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Together.We are seeking a motivated individual to join our Global Supply Chain (GSC) function in the role of Demand Planning & Consensus Forecasting Global Process Director.The position is crucial in realising the benefits of the investments GSK has already made in global processes, systems, data, and standards, and for achieving the strategy for our end-to-end Supply Chain processes. Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• As the Demand Planning & Consensus Forecasting Global Process Director, you will be accountable for defining and driving the strategy and roadmap for a wide-range of Demand Planning and Consensus Forecasting processes to enable the business to operate effectively across both Supply Chain and enterprise-wide, particularly with the Financial Planning and Forecasting teams in Finance.
• The position is empowered to design and shape the Demand Planning and Consensus Forecasting processes to ensure operational effectiveness and maximisation of benefits/return on capital. This includes evaluating options for how the Demand Planning and Consensus Forecasting processes are performed, as well as broader impacts on people, systems (including data), third party partners, policies, and procedures globally.
• You and your team will be the Subject Matter Experts in GSK - custodian and architects - of a wide-range of Demand Planning and Consensus Forecasting processes (including, technology, data, and process capability requirements), ensuring these are designed to drive business benefit and to make it easier for employees utilising the processes.
• You will also be required to identify and prioritise opportunities to address issues/pain points, whilst maximising the benefits and returns on investments. In delivering your role you will continuously monitor the Demand Planning and Consensus Forecasting processes adoption, execution, and capability requirements to ensure that process and systems are operated optimally and consistently across GSK (globally) to achieve desired business performance outcomes.
• The nature of the Demand Planning & Consensus Forecasting Global Process Director role will vary over time - sometimes the focus will be on significant transformation and at other times it will be on keeping the Demand Planning and Consensus Forecasting processes on track and driving process adoption / adherence, as well as continuous improvements.
• This position is integral to the Global Process & Solution Design phase and a key business partner of our Supply Chain Transformation programme to support our Supply Chain 2030 ambit ion .

Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Degree Qualification (in suitable discipline)
• Strong demonstrable, relevant Demand Planning, Consensus Forecasting and S&OP continuous improvements and transformation experience.
• Strong Strategic Leadership ability (obtained in complex matrix-management environments with internal and external stakeholders)
• Experience in leading projects through influence, with the ability to clearly demonstrate the benefits of new ways of working, is required .
• You will be persuasive, with strong influencing skills, have a continuous improvement mindset with proven experience of dealing with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups (at senior-level) to deliver results.

Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Ability to adapt, work under uncertainty and accommodate flexible work demands with sensitivity.
• Ability to adjust behaviours and priorities based on changing environment and manage stakeholders.
• Demonstrated track record of quality decision making and creative problem resolution in critical situations, demonstrates balanced judgement.

Closing Date for Applications: 19th February 2024 (EOB) Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.When applying for this role, please use the 'cover letter' of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. Why Us?GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class ( US only).We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on or . Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a UK Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link and scroll to the Careers Section where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive .As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK's compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK's Transparency Reporting For the Record site.We're moving towards a more sustainable future with our new headquarters. With better public transport links and proximity to world-class science and technology institutions, we're excited for our move to the vicinity of Earnshaw Street, London WC1A ("the New HQ") by end H1 2024.